Nick, you offer a very convincing argument to get a Trailex! My budget however, maxes out at 2 grand, and that's paying for first a H16, beach wheels (if not included), and then anything that needs replacing, like standing rigging, trap harnesses, tramp, tiller/rudder apparati, etc. Also later on I want to do a snazzy paint job and maybe get some good classic sails, like Carumba or something. I'm here in Florida for one more year of high school and then I'm off to college for 4 years, so I don't want to spill too much money into getting something that I'm only going to be using for a year and a few summers. Will I stay with sailing after college? I definitely hope so! But for all practical purposes, I don't have a job, and financially, things won't be better in college.

After that though, like 5 years from now when I'm the CEO of a S&P 500 company, a trailex will be on my wish list for sure! If I have a galvanized trailer, I'm definitely willing to take care of it by washing it down if it gets salty, which it will a few times I bet. As for the light weight of aluminum, my back is only 17 years old, and I can use the workout anyway. As for longetivity, heck, I might be sailing a Nacra 6.0 or something of larger caliber with my future wife on the French Riviera. Plus, I'll have to survive college first.

The one thing you say that is really benegicial to anyone, though, is the easiness of how things attach together like tinker toys. definitely good for adjusting between carrying a Wave one day, H16 another.


I have a trailer that we never use for a 10-year old Sea Doo jet boat (boat, not ski). The trailer is 5'6" wide and about 10 feet long with two 2 x 4's in the middle to support the boat. It turns out the trailer is 3 inches too thin to hold a Wave. I measured the distance between the bottom of the hulls (bottom of the V) of the Wave, and they're 5'9" apart.

what kind of structure can I build on that would hold the sailboat? I was thinking putting down a few 2 x 4's and then putting two sheets of 4' x 8' plywood, just like Mary's design, but the wheel wells protrude 5 inches up on the side. How can I build over the wheels? any ideas? I'll post a pic of the trailer when I get the chance. thanks again!